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Ebony Jewelwing

Calopterx maculata

Description:

All black wings. A male. Female has white spots on wings.

Habitat:

Found on the edge of the forest behind my workshop. I never see these in the more open areas of my yard. They lay their eggs in the soft stems of aquatic plants in slow moving streams and rivers.

Notes:

Predacious immatures are known as naiads. Which molt 11 or 12 times in the water. Then they crawl onto land and molt a final time into an adiult.

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tomk3886
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tomk3886

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Spotted on Apr 14, 2021
Submitted on Apr 15, 2021

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